Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 512 kr
Other tax
- 162 kr
Total tax
- 6 675 kr
Net pay
* 14 825 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.2%
Average tax rate
31.0%
69.0%
Net pay
31.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 825 kr
Net pay
6 755 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 675 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 430 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 755 kr to pay you 21 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.25 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 258 000 kr a year living in the region of Dalarna, Sweden, you will be taxed 80 095 kr. That means that your net pay will be 177 905 kr per year, or 14 825 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.0% and your marginal tax rate is 37.2%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 37.24 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.76 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 628 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 138 kr of net incomes.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 243 690
5.6%
1
Taiwan
SEK 231 939
10.1%
2
Thailand
SEK 230 736
10.6%
3
Australia
SEK 228 449
11.5%
4
South Korea
SEK 217 613
15.7%
5
New Zealand
SEK 215 607
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 211 004
18.2%
7
Indonesia
SEK 208 990
19.0%
8
Malaysia
SEK 206 390
20.0%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 206 137
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 205 400
20.4%
11
Singapore
SEK 204 295
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 197 672
23.4%
13
Vietnam
SEK 189 929
26.4%
14
China
SEK 181 580
29.6%
15
India
SEK 171 696
33.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 233 262
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 229 799
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 229 434
11.1%
3
Ecuador
SEK 223 266
13.5%
4
Colombia
SEK 217 023
15.9%
5
Panama
SEK 213 113
17.4%
6
Chile
SEK 208 320
19.3%
7
Mexico
SEK 203 309
21.2%
8
Peru
SEK 198 129
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 193 150
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 188 130
27.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 167 624
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Dalarna tables of Sweden, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.